For the second consecutive year, New Zealand Olympian Kimberley Smith asserted her dominance at the Boston Athletic Association Half Marathon, claiming victory in a course record time of 1:09:14 Monday morning NZ time. The 31 year old New Zealander led from start to finish, going on to successfully defend not only her race title, but […]

CHICAGO — In today’s 2013 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Kenyan athletes dominated the men’s and women’s races with historic performances, leading the way for the event record 39,115 runners who crossed the sun-splashed finish line in Grant Park under ideal weather conditions. Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto smashed the men’s course record with a 2:03:45 performance, […]

It was almost gratifying to see new marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang limp into the press conference the morning after clocking 2.03.23. These guys may be supermen, but a hard, fast run still reduces them, for however brief a period, to a similar state to the rest of us. Nevertheless, Kipsang managed a 25 […]

Burnaby, B.C. — Nine British Columbia athletes recorded victories at today’s Harry Jerome International Track Classic in Burnaby, B.C. The Harry Jerome was the fourth of five stops on the 2013 National Track League circuit. The fifth and final competition takes place Friday July 5 in Victoria, B.C. In the men’s 1500-metres Adam Palamar of […]

Derek Drouin of Corunna, Ont., established a new Canadian record of 2.36-metres in the men’s high jump today at the IAAF’s Diamond League competition in Eugene, Oregon. Drouin finished third behind American Erik Kynard (2.36m) and Essa Barshim of Qatar who set a world leading mark of 2.40-metres. The previous Canadian record was 2.35-metres held […]

Thursday, 2 May 2013 — The 23 year old Lebogang Shange from Central Gauteng not only won the SA Championships, but travelled to Mauritius less than a week later where he also won the Africa Race Walking Championships. As the Africa Champion and according to the IAAF criteria, he is now considered to have automatically […]

Ethiopians Dereje Debele Tulu and Melkam Gizaw took the 11th edition of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf on Sunday. In ideal weather conditions 26 year-old Dereje Debele Tulu broke the course record with 2:07:48. It was the first sub 2:08 time in Duesseldorf. Second placed Pius Ondoro clocked 2:08:17 while Duncan Koech (both Kenya) took […]

There was a new British record in the women’s 4x800m as the GB & NI team also performed strongly in the women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x100m at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA, today. The GB & NI women’s 4x800m team set a new British record of 8:13.46 as they finished fourth in a race […]

Zersenay Tadese intends to attack his own world record in the Hervis Prague Half Marathon on Saturday. The 31 year-old Eritrean had established the current best of 58:23 minutes in Lisbon three years ago. Tadese is the fastest man in the field but he is certainly not the only challenger for the title. Kenya’s Philemon […]